Harlequinade pas de deux
Photograph
ca.1960 (photographed)
ca.1960 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
Harlequinade pas de deux after Marius Petipa became a popular dance in Belinda Wright’s repertory. It was a pas de deux with a charming lively quality. Wright first danced it with London’s Festival Ballet, partnered by John Gilpin in the 1950s. and later on her tours with her husband, the dancer Jelko Yuresha, during the 1960s. The costume went through a number of adaptations but eventually settled on black and yellow, a colour mix popular in the 1950s.
The V&A holds the design for the bodice and tutu (S.99-2021) made in the 1950s and an all-yellow version of the costume dating from the 1960s (S.171:1 to 4-2017).
The V&A holds the design for the bodice and tutu (S.99-2021) made in the 1950s and an all-yellow version of the costume dating from the 1960s (S.171:1 to 4-2017).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Harlequinade pas de deux (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph by Bernard Rouget of Belinda Wright in a variant of her costume for Harlequinade pas de deux when she was performing this with the de Cuevas Ballet |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph showing a ballerina with short hair posed en pointe with her hands flicked up to give a lightness of appearance. She wears a short black tutu skirt and a pale (yellow) bodice with a lozenge effect picked out in black braid (this braid consists of circles of various sizes - in other versions of the costume the braid is decorated with triangular points), and has a black choker and wrist bands. She is photographed in a studio. |
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| Credit line | Given by Annabel Yuresha |
| Object history | Given by Belinda Wright's daughter, Annabel Yuresha, on behalf of her father. |
| Summary | Harlequinade pas de deux after Marius Petipa became a popular dance in Belinda Wright’s repertory. It was a pas de deux with a charming lively quality. Wright first danced it with London’s Festival Ballet, partnered by John Gilpin in the 1950s. and later on her tours with her husband, the dancer Jelko Yuresha, during the 1960s. The costume went through a number of adaptations but eventually settled on black and yellow, a colour mix popular in the 1950s. The V&A holds the design for the bodice and tutu (S.99-2021) made in the 1950s and an all-yellow version of the costume dating from the 1960s (S.171:1 to 4-2017). |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.566-2021 |
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| Record created | August 10, 2021 |
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